{"product_id":"a-short-history-of-the-shadow-poems-paperback","title":"A Short History of the Shadow: Poems - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eCharles Wright\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLuminous new poems from one who has long been a poet of gorgeous description --William Logan, \u003ci\u003eThe New Criterion\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eLandscape, as Wang Wei says, softens the sharp edges of isolation.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDon't just do something, sit there.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAnd so I have, so I have, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e the seasons curling around me like smoke, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eGone to the end of the earth and back without a sound.\u003c\/i\u003e--from Body and Soul II \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis is Charles Wright's first collection of verse since the gathering, in \u003ci\u003eNegative Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, of his Appalachian Book of the Dead, a trilogy of trilogies hailed among the great long poems of the century (James Longenbach, \u003ci\u003eBoston Review\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eA Short History of the Shadow\u003c\/i\u003e, Wright's return to the landscapes of his early work finds his art resilient in a world haunted by death and the dead.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCharles Wright\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the National Book Award, teaches at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 96\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.32 x 8.4 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 02, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52405899198769,"sku":"9780374528799","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0958\/3486\/5969\/files\/UGZIRmhqeC82UVNXTW9tTThtbnU5dz09.webp?v=1768940551","url":"https:\/\/www.welibooks.com\/products\/a-short-history-of-the-shadow-poems-paperback","provider":"Welibooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}